Chapter 209 – Divine Sense Royal Sword
Chapter 209 – Divine Sense Royal Sword
After this disciple voiced out the doubts in his heart, several people had the same look on their faces, and obviously had the same doubts.
Gu Yuanan’s face remained unchanged, in fact such a question, he had been asked by many people before.
Even he had, at one time, asked his lecturer this way.
“If I do so, you will certainly be able to learn it in a very short period of time. But when we cultivators cultivate, it is already a process of condensing our already body and recultivating our own self.”
Gu Yuanan said, his eyes sweeping over the people present.
“All people have inertia, and cultivators are no exception. Accustomed to arriving at an answer at a glance, who would be willing to take the time to trace back to the source? Perhaps in a short period of time, you can learn this sword-guarding technique, but what you’ve lost is the original heart of cultivation.”
A cultivator who lost the original heart of cultivation also lost the possibility of going further.
The sect offered many courses, aiming to guide the disciples in their cultivation, rather than teaching them by hand.
The disciple who asked the question had a dawning look on his face as he arched his hand and bowed deeply, “Disciple is taught.”
Gu Yuanan nodded, “It’s good that you understand, continue sensing and capturing true qi, and learn the art of sword control, so that in the future, if you encounter someone who is unbeatable, you will at least be able to run for your life.”
The lecture room quieted down, everyone was meditating and practicing.
Xu Chuniang continued her previous practice, and after a few times, she realized that relying on the circulation within her body, it would take about a quarter of an hour to get a strand of true qi.
She recalled Senior Brother Gu’s exercise, in which he had spawned many strands of true qi in a very short period of time, forming a small cyclone.
It showed that the speed of circulation within the body could be accelerated in some way.
As Xu Chuniang pondered, the internal circulation was born from the Yuan Shen and Daotai, guided by the aura, and eventually converged in the Zhongfu acupoint three inches above the heart.
After familiarizing herself with the trajectory of the internal circulation of aura, it might be possible to artificially increase the aura and speed.
In yet another new exercise, she tried to sink aura into the Yuan Shen and Dao Tai.
Too much aura sinking in would interrupt the rhythm of the small circulation.
Sinking in too little was again ineffective.
Xu Chuniang sank her heart down and adjusted the amount and rate of Reiki infusion over and over again.
Finally, after one of her attempts, the amount of spiritual qi she imported reached the same rate as the rate of the small circulation of spiritual qi in her body.
After the two merged, the speed of the minor circulation steeply accelerated by several times.
Xu Chuniang was struck by an idea, and once again input twice the amount of Reiki into it.
An astonishing scene appeared, after absorbing some of the spiritual qi, the small circulation trajectory accelerated several times again, traveling through the meridians at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Within a short period of twelve breaths, the small cycle that originally took a quarter of an hour was completed, giving birth to a strand of true qi.
She even felt that twelve breaths, was not even her limit.
This time, Xu Chuniang was prepared, and at the moment the strand of true qi was born, she was quick to force it out of her fingertips.
The moment this strand of true qi appeared, Gu Yuanan opened his eyes and looked over towards where it was, his eyes showing astonishment.
But in just one day’s time, she was able to achieve this step, this woman, worthy of being in the Outer Sect, was able to build her foundation within thirty years.
He collected his mind and closed his eyes again.
After obtaining the first strand of true qi, Xu Chuniang didn’t rush to catalyze the second strand, but instead dispersed her divine sense and carefully probed towards the true qi at her fingertips.
The moment the divine sense touched the true qi, there was an indescribably marvelous feeling, as if some sort of connection had been established with the entire heaven and earth.
There was a constant flow of spiritual qi in the surroundings, slowly being attracted by this strand of true qi.
Xu Chuniang withdrew her divine sense and continued to catalyze more true qi. Wanting to communicate with the weather, relying on this strand of true qi was not enough. Soon, the second and third strands of true qi were spawned by her, fusing together with the first strand of true qi.
As she spawned more and more true qi, she became more and more skilled at mastering the small cycle.
From the beginning, it took twelve breaths, to later, even in just half a breath, she was able to catalyze a strand of true qi.
After the number of strands of true qi reached six, a small cyclone was formed, constantly attracting the surrounding auras and harmonizing them into one.
After reaching a certain balance, the original cyclone, became a small air mass, before stopping to absorb the spiritual qi.
Only then was the connection between the qi mass and the heaven and earth aura established.
Xu Chuniang took out her flying sword, wrapped the qi mass with her divine sense and sent it into the flying sword.
After the qi mass entered the flying sword, the flying sword even slowly rose into the air.
It worked!
Gu Yuanan looked over towards where Xu Chunniang was, not surprised that she was able to make it this far.
“Next, you will control the flying sword in the same way as you would normally control it, except that you will no longer be controlling the flying sword with your aura, but with your divine sense. The lecture room is too small to inevitably spread out, let’s go to the practicing field.”
A voice transmission fell into Xu Chuniang’s ears, she understood, and as she got up and walked towards the practice field, she wrapped the flying sword with her divine sense, controlling it to follow her.
The flying sword flew crookedly, like a toddler just learning to walk, but fortunately it was able to keep up with Xu Chuniang’s steps.
The two of them found a secluded corner in the practice field and began teaching.
“Relax, a highly skillful cultivator only needs a trace of divine sense to be able to travel with a sword. Retract your excess divine sense.”
Xu Chuniang did as she was told and slowly withdrew her excess divine sense.
Only then, she needed to concentrate even more to control the flying sword and keep it from falling.
“Next, start controlling the flying sword and make it perform some simple movements. Just like how you once controlled a weapon with your aura.”
Xu Chuniang took a deep breath, and her divine sense pulled the flying sword to start moving it up and down, left and right.
The flying sword moved slowly, but each step was steady.
Gu Yuanan secretly nodded in his heart when he saw this, “Practice over and over again until you have mastered these movements and are running freely.”
In Xu Chuniang’s constant practicing, an hour passed unconsciously.
From the beginning, she could only use her divine sense to pull the flying sword slowly, to now, she was able to control the flying sword to move quickly towards the up and down, left and right.
At the same time, the small qi clusters in the flying sword were exhausted in the constant consumption.
“Alright, today’s teaching will end here.”
A look of satisfaction appeared on Gu Yuanan’s face, in only less than two days, he had learned the Sword Royal Art to this point, this Xu Chuniang was the fastest of all the disciples he had taught.
He smiled faintly, experiencing some sense of fulfillment in teaching.
“How does it feel to use divine sense to control a sword?”
Xu Chuniang collected frankly, “A little tired, still able to hold on.”
“It hasn’t been long since your cultivation level suddenly reached Foundation Establishment, your divine sense isn’t strong, so it’s normal to feel tired. But as your cultivation gets higher and your divine sense strengthens, you will feel more and more relaxed. With a single movement of your mind, you are a hundred miles away from the imperial sword.”
Gu Yuanan spoke out and reminded, “If you feel like you’re nearing your limit, you don’t have to grit your teeth and hold on so as not to deplete your divine sense. Divine sense is very precious to cultivators.”
Thanks to Dao Friends Two One No Two and Apricot Yun Lifang for their bounties, as well as the support of their friends.
(End of chapter)